Prime Minister receives Speaker of US House of Representatives
Washington D.C. (VNA) – Prime
Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a meeting with Kevin McCarthy – Speaker of the US
House of Representatives and Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, in Washington D.C. on September 19 (local
time).
During the meeting, part of his trip to the US
for the high-level week of the 78th session of the United Nations General
Assembly and bilateral activities, Chinh expressed his pleasure about the
important developments in bilateral relations, especially the establishment of the Vietnam-US Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for peace, cooperation and sustainable development on the occasion of President Joe Biden's recent visit to
Vietnam.
He thanked the contributions of
the US House of Representatives in general and the House Foreign Affairs Committee in
particular to the relationship between the two countries.
Chinh suggested that the two sides strengthen
coordination to early put the new framework of relationship into practice, with a focus on
promoting cooperation in areas such as economics - trade – investment, science
- technology, innovation, semiconductor collaboration, high-quality human
resources training, digital transformation, energy transformation and climate
change response.
The
Vietnamese government leader also hoped that the US Congress will support the
US's early recognition of Vietnam's market economy status as well as continue
to assist the country in overcoming the
war aftermaths.
For their part, the US congressmen expressed their desire to continue promoting
cooperation and exchange of delegations between the two legislatures in the
coming time, focusing on prioritised areas of both sides, including economy -
trade - investment and climate change response.
The two sides also exchanged views on regional
and international issues of mutual concern and agreed on the necessity to promote the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)’s centrality, strengthen the ASEAN-US comprehensive strategic partnership
as well as the Mekong-US relationship and resolve disputes in the
East Sea by peaceful means based on international law.
On this occasion, Chinh conveyed an invitation
from National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue to Speaker McCarthy and US Congressmen
to pay a visit to Vietnam, which the latter accepted with pleasure./.